Every VST plugin that I use and recommend (Black Friday 2024)

[@indigosnow_]

Sick! I've already over spent but def adding these to the list. Got a TEO 5 finally and got Synplant

[@devinbelangermusic]

Congrats on the TEO! Also synplant is so sick. I don't use it enough personally, but its so powerful!

[@HeyItsUSM4N]

Love the MaagEQ! I even use it to cut sometimes! If you don’t have UAD Apollo then Plugin Alliance version is the one to grab: i even think the PA version gives UAD’s a run for its money🔥

[@devinbelangermusic]

Great tip! FYI the UAD one is the Plugin Alliance one, they just licensed it from them, but now that you can get it right from Plugin Alliance for cheaper, you are right that's 100% the move!

[@ktreier]

Love Thermal, really great on almost any source material you want to dirty up.

[@Gerald_Daniel]

To cover that bunch of software that rapidly is exceptional. I would absolutely not have minded at all if the beautiful outro had been longer....

[@JonathanKillstring]

Butch Vig Drums is a slept-on champ. It's super flavorful.

[@devinbelangermusic]

Yes! Its so slept on. The kicks and snares in particular are incredible

[@scottmcauleysounds]

Happy Thanksgiving dude! another great post! ;)

[@devinbelangermusic]

Happy thanksgiving to you too and thanks!

[@bozziewald]

​@@devinbelangermusicAwesome video. I learnt alot! Do you have any tips to minimise CPU usage when using lots of plugins?

[@devinbelangermusic]

@@bozziewald render to audio once you are happy with a part! Be like old engineers and commit!

[@HVYCHKNRADIO]

Awesome presentation! Thanks for sharing!

[@devinbelangermusic]

@@HVYCHKNRADIO thanks for watching!

[@MARAASIM]

11:09 Depressor LOL

[@devinbelangermusic]

😭 every plugin is a depressor with the news these days LOL

[@matthewcassette]

You should get the Plugmon skin for Diva it really updates the synth and adds quality of life to it. It's well worth the price

[@FuzzleMusic]

Rocking Mona these days and can confirm it elevated the perfect soft synth to something transcendental.

[@devinbelangermusic]

Oh wow! Never heard of this, thank you! Will check it.

[@CRayBeats]

Can you do a Synthwave track from scratch using your DAW and VST synths?

[@devinbelangermusic]

You are in luck! Stay tuned for my Serum Presets pack video, it features exactly this :)

[@socal-synth-sei]

Curious if you've ever checked out the SWAM instruments from Audio Modeling - I use them with my bands - I don't think anything can touch them in the solo orchestral instruments. Would love to see you review them.

[@devinbelangermusic]

@@socal-synth-sei you are in luck… I did a video review last month! kzbin.info/www/bejne/roS7coKLo5ype68si=Sx9d62JwnnOTazQk

[@sanaksanandan]

well explained and informative round up. How do you compare battery to Logic drum synths and samplers?

[@devinbelangermusic]

@@sanaksanandan thanks! Logic Drum Machine Designer is finally at the level where it’s a solid replacement for Battery, but Ultrabeat or Sampler was not cutting it imo. I still think UI speed is crucial for drum machines, and logic is far behind ableton and fl still, so I stick to battery

[@ktreier]

Interesting you prefer an 1176 Rev E on vocals instead of Blue Stripe Rev A. What do you like about the E better? More transparent?

[@aquaticborealis4877]

Take a look at Generate. An excellent synth with a different character. Cherry Audio’s new Atomika synth is excellent. You might like the plugins from Slate and Ash. What about Rhodes type VSTs? Filterverse from Polyverse looks really cool too.

[@devinbelangermusic]

I've never even heard of Generate! What a cool sounding synth. The UI kind of hurts my eyes. How do you find working in it? Slate and Ash look sweet, never played em. I have Filtron, but never heard of Filterverse, that looks excellent. Finally, Cherry Audio has been recommended to me a fair bit. I have the G Force stuff and already don't use it as much as I could because I love my hardware, but I'll take another look at Cherry to see if anything pops out!

[@brianlespoir6287]

Check out Plugin Alliance Vertigo VSM3 saturator and distortion plugin on your sequential oberheim synths, to me it sounds like magic, even better then the blackbox and decapitator that I find better for the Moog synths.

[@devinbelangermusic]

Ooh wow, cool recommendation! Love those other 2 saturators but I don't know VSM3, I'll check it out!

[@definitelynotnammanade]

Love the outro song! Please give me a name. Shazam can't find it.

[@devinbelangermusic]

@@definitelynotnammanade it’s my KZbin channel theme! It’s not on streaming but here’s a link if you like www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ulp2nd1ctfwcc9odc2f65/Miles-Away-KZbin-Theme-Song-Analog-Sunday.mp3?rlkey=gftcr19jglbf2edfuavgxeo76&st=5jnik40w&dl=0

[@definitelynotnammanade]

Thank you! I'll be top 0.1 listener if it was on Spotify!

[@tendingtropic7778]

thanks for this. what do you use for more synthwave / electronic kind of music in terms of drum machines?

[@devinbelangermusic]

@@tendingtropic7778 battery with Linn drum or Oliver samples or my own kits made over the years!

[@AudioLomtik]

Curious on your thoughts on use of harmonic exciters to make software to sound more alive like and hardware like? I tend to reach for Audio Thing Type A and Type B quite often. Also good for that "insta-cut-thru-mix" magic.

[@devinbelangermusic]

Good question! I don't like exciters personally, though my sample size is very small (pretty much just waves and ozone). I find they hype up the high end in a cheap sounding way. For me, I use Decapitator or Studer Tape to make software sound more analog. Tons of research and to me, those two plugins sound the most like tracking hardware. What exciter do you like? I owe them a second chance!

[@AudioLomtik]

@@devinbelangermusic I like Type A and Type B by AudioThing.. I've tried a few others (including the Ozone one) and none of them really grabbed me the same way. I think they are best used at very subtle settings, and when not overdone its the specific way they create their presence/air/color that can sound so good. Actually now that I think about it, I was never really drawn to exciters before I found those two and I haven't had a reason to look elsewhere since.

[@devinbelangermusic]

@@AudioLomtik very cool thanks for sharing! I'll research those

[@lextr3110]

anybody did the list? post it please

[@scorpionleader1967]

How much was Serum before this "Sale"? Your title infers these are sales.

[@devinbelangermusic]

Serum rent to own is the move. I think Splice does it. The title is just due to how many of my viewers/producers in my dms ask me about what plugins i recommend for black friday, I don't have affiliate links or sale info cause i am not doing that kind of video! Just showing the plugins I use to to make my music, for people who might be doing research around this Sale time of year :)

[@AVCOME]

Hi Miles, please your thoughts on omnisphere…. i already own serum, diva, v9 collection, native komplete ultimate. Omnisphere become overkill or its a complement? Also have sub37 and rev2 witch are in the omnisphere list of integration

[@devinbelangermusic]

Incredible synth. Seriously one of the best. BUT I personally never use it, as it doesn't fit my workflow right now. Watch some videos on designing sounds and see if you like the look of it, because as a preset machine its overpriced. But if you are going to design your own sounds with your synths as a controller, then its the best of the best

[@AVCOME]

@ this is the best answer i can get. You put the finger on it ….thank you

[@JohnnyADi]

I prefer hardware full stop. Only reason I get vsts are for the acoustic cinematic scoring orchestral stuff, and boy thats a big mess. At least hardware synths are updated and is easier to fix issues. A lot of digital vsts like omnisphere and serum look like they are easy to use and have no issues, like nothing can replace them. Trying to replicate acoustic is even harder than trying to replicate analog.

[@devinbelangermusic]

Me too! Hardware for synths is truly luxury, its very hard to go back once you are lucky enough to have a setup. But totally agree, VSTs for sampling are by far the way to go right now. Some of my single kontakt keyswitch patches for a horn wouldn't even fit in the flagship hardware samplers.

[@JohnnyADi]

@@devinbelangermusic Korg Kronos can stream unlimited sample amount, Korg was the first to do it in the Oasys in 2005!